Meanings
- uncountableThe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun.
Helioseismology provides unique information about the global dynamics of the Sun and local flows in active regions in the upper convection zone.
2003, Alexander Kosovichev, “Helioseismic Observations of Plasma Motions in the Solar Convection Zone”, in R. Erdélyi, K. Petrovay, B. Roberts, Markus Aschwanden, editors, Turbulence, Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma: Proceedings of the NATO Research Workshop, Kluwer Academic, page 572 more examples
Helioseismology, like terrestrial seismology, provides information about the interior of the body under study by using observations of slight motions on the surface.
1989, John N. Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, page 1042012, T. L. Duvall, Jr., S. M. Hanasoge, Subsurface Supergranular Vertical Flows as Measured Using Large Distance Separations in Time-Distance Helioseismology, Solar Physics, reprinted in 2014, Nagi N. Mansour, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Rudolf Komm, Dana Longcope (editors), Solar Dynamics and Magnetism from the Interior to the Atmosphere, Springer, page 71, We find that the large-separation travel times associated with supergranulation cannot be studied using the standard phase-speed filters of time–distance helioseismology.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
- Proto-Indo-European*sh₂wél(i)yos
- Proto-Hellenic*hāwélios
- Ancient Greekἥλῐος (hḗlĭos)
- Englishhelio-
- Englishseismology
- Englishhelioseismology
From helio- + seismology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish helioseismologia
- helioseismologiathe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
German Helioseismologie
- Helioseismologiethe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Icelandic sólskjálftafræði
- sólskjálftafræðithe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Italian eliosismologia
- eliosismologiathe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Persian هورلرزهشناسی
- هورلرزهشناسی (hurlarze-šenâsi)the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Portuguese heliossismologia
- heliossismologiathe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Romanian helioseismologie
- helioseismologiethe study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
Russian гелиосейсмология
- гелиосейсмология (geliosejsmologija)the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
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